Surgical Stapling And Cuttting Device

• US 20110163146A1
• Filed: 03/01/2011
• Published: 07/07/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 03/23/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Cilag Gmbh International (Johnson & Johnson)
• Original Assignee: Cilag Gmbh International (Johnson & Johnson)
• Inventors: Spivey, James T., Ortiz, Mark S., Shelton, Frederick E. IV
• Application Number:
  US13/037,424
• Publication Number:
  US 20110163146A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 227/175.1
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 17/07207 the staples being applied sequentially
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2017/003 Steerable
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2017/00309 Cut-outs or slits
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2017/00327 with actuating members moving in opposite directions
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2017/00367 Details of actuation of instruments, e.g. relations between pushing buttons, or the like, and activation of the tool, working tip, or the like
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2017/00464 for use with different instruments
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2017/2905 flexible
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2017/291 the position of the handle being adjustable with respect to the shaft
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2017/2931 with releasable head
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2034/742 Joysticks
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2090/372 Details of monitor hardware
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 34/70 Manipulators specially adapted for use in surgery
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 34/71 Manipulators operated by drive cable mechanisms
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 34/72 Micromanipulators

Abstract

A surgical stapling and cutting device having an elongate shaft with proximal and distal ends. The distal end of the shaft has a flexible neck extending therefrom. The device includes an end effector disposed on a proximal end of the flexible neck. The end effector includes opposed first and second jaws adapted to receive tissue therebetween. The first jaw has a staple cartridge attached thereto, wherein the staple cartridge has multiple staples disposed therein for being driven into tissue. The second jaw includes an anvil for deforming the staples. The device also includes a remotely controlled user interface coupled to the proximal end of the elongate tube. The interface is operatively associated with the flexible neck such that movement of the remotely controlled user interface is mimicked by the flexible neck.

Claims

1. A surgical stapling and cutting device comprising:

an elongate shaft having proximal and distal ends, said distal end configured to facilitate articulation of said end effector in two planes that are substantially perpendicular to the shaft axis and extending therefrom;

an end effector disposed on a proximal end of said flexible neck comprising opposed first and second jaws adapted to receive tissue therebetween, said first jaw having a staple cartridge attached thereto, said staple cartridge having multiple staples disposed therein and configured to be driven into tissue, said second jaw comprising an anvil for deforming the staples; and

remotely controlled user interface coupled to the proximal end of the elongate tube and being operatively associated with the flexible neck such that movement of the remotely controlled user interface is mimicked by the flexible neck.

2. The device of claim 1, wherein the flexible neck include a plurality of slits formed therein to facilitate flexion thereof.

3. The device of claim 2, wherein the flexible neck includes a distal region of slits and a proximal region of slits, and wherein the slits are configured such that tension applied to the flexible neck will cause the flexible neck to bend at the proximal and distal regions.